PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said his administration had not relented in fighting corruption in the last two and half years. Apart from the statements former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, some Nigerians have also alleged that the President’s anti-graft battle is selective. But, in a keynote address at the first Adamawa State Anti-corruption Summit in Yola, the state capital, the President said it was very encouraging that a state government has on its own ventured into the subject… Read more

Fixing the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a task that must be done to keep the party in power. It is reassuring that President Muhammadu Buhari has come to appreciate the need for party unity as the party prepares for the 2019 general election. Hopefully, it is not too late to heal the party's self-inflicted wounds. It is interesting that Buhari has given the job of mending the collapsing party to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the political giant who played a… Read more

If you look into the mirror and see dirt on your face, you clean your face and leave the mirror alone. Even, if you choose to ignore the dirt on your face, as revealed by the mirror, you still do not bother the mirror. For in revealing the smear on your face, the mirror only did its work. To pick quarrel with the mirror for showing dirt on your face and to proceed to break it will smack of lunacy.… Read more

Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West) has said Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello is fighting him because he is requesting him to do the needful in the state. Melaye spoke in Ughelli, Ughelli North council of Delta State, during an empowerment exercise organised by the lawmaker representing Ughelli North, South and Udu Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Solomon Awhinawhi. He described Bello’s anger towards him as “baseless”. Melaye said: “I am not just a Senator, l also ensure that in… Read more

An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Friday dissolved the three-year-old marriage between Mr Mayowa Ogunrinde and his wife, Busayo, over frequent fighting and disrespect for in-laws. The petitioner, Ogunrinde, 35, a civil servant, also told the court that his wife has no respect for him. “ Most of the time, I do all the domestic chores while my wife will always watch me.’’ The petitioner told the court that the respondent was fond of slapping him whenever there was a misunderstanding… Read more

An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court in Kwara on Monday remanded a man, Ogbechukwu Ogbe, in prison for allegedly slapping a police officer, Sgt. Adisa Akinjide, and a court clerk, Ishola Rotimi, during court proceedings. The Prosecutor, Abegunde Elijas, said that the accused was disturbing the court during proceedings when he was cautioned not to make noise, but he bluntly refused. Elijas said that in the process, he was asked to move out of the court, but he refused and started fighting… Read more

Tributes continued yesterday for the gallant officer who died fighting Boko Haram on Friday. Unknown to many, Lt.-Col. Muhammad Abu-Ali was a prince whose father is a retired officer. His father is Etsu of Bassa- Nge Kingdom (Kogi State), Brig.-Gen. Abu-Ali (retd.). on September 9, 2015, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, visited Gamboru Ngala, which had just been recaptured from Boko Haram terrorists after a fierce battle. He wanted to see things for himself. But the… Read more

African Reinsurance Corporation (AfricaRe) ‘No Fighting’ campaign is to sensitise the public on the benefits of insurance policies. Unveiling the campaign at its head office in Lagos, the firm’s Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Ken Aghoghovbia, said the campaign was imperative since many Nigerians still dìd not take insurance policies. He said in spite of Nigeria’s huge population, insurance penetration remained very low. According to him, while insurance penetration rate is 0.3 per cent in Nigeria, of… Read more

Ahmed Adetola-Kazeem is the son of Gani Adetola-Kazeem (SAN). He was called to the Bar seven years ago. A member of the Board of Trustees of the Lagos Public Interest Law Partnership (LPILP) and Director, Prisoners’ Rights Advocacy Initiative (PRAI), he tells ADEBISI ONANUGA why he followed his father’s footsteps Unlike his peers, Ahmed Adetola-Kazeem chose to champion the cause of the less privileged. For years, he has been at the vanguard of ensuring that suspects awaiting trial do not… Read more

IVE commercial motorcyclists aka Okada riders were yesterday arrested by the police for fighting. One of the Okada men was stabbed on the hand by a colleague. The incident happened on Fatai Atere Way in Matori, Lagos, around 5pm. An eyewitness said: “They are always fighting. They are trouble makers. None of us knows what happened but it began as a slight argument and I think one of them hit the other. In retaliation, he stabbed the first person in… Read more

An elder statesman and governorship aspirant in Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Imoro Kubor, yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari is fighting to save the future of Nigeria. Kubor, who holds a doctorate degree in Aeronautics Engineering, said it was by God’s grace that Buhari became a President at a time Nigeria nearly collapsed. He said: “It is by the grace of God that Buhari should come into government at this point in time. Nigerians should support him because… Read more

ABOUT one week after President Muhammadu Buhari made his last set of appointments, and raised quite a storm in the process, the controversy is threatening to become sectional. On August 27, the president had appointed six close staff, including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Chief of Staff, and heads of the Customs and Immigration. Many commentators and politicians, particularly from the Southeast, criticised the appointments, which they said were skewed, insensitive and sectional. President Buhari… Read more

A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos, yesterday, ordered three women to be remanded in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly fighting in public until they meet their bail conditions. Magistrate M.O. Olajuwon granted the accused: Adeshola Lawal, 28, Abiodun Onwuneme, 23 and Fadiat Ayinde, 19, bail in the sum of N50,000 each. She said the bail was with one surety each who must be blood relations. The three are facing charge of fighting in public to which they pleaded not… Read more